Unit 5 Study Guide

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Ch. 13/17: Progressivism
  • Beliefs of Progressives
  • Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle
  • Progressive contributions: Carrie A. Nation, Jane Addams, Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis
  • What was Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal & how did he feel about monopolies & "Robber Barons"?
  • What do the following have in common: Northern Securities v. US, American Tobacco v. US, and the Clayton Antitrust Act?
  • How was the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) different from the previous Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)?
  • Progressive reforms of political corruption: initiative, referendum, recall
  • Why and how did women finally gain the right to vote in 1920?
  • Effects of the 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th amendments to the Constitution

Ch. 14/18: Imperialism
  • Reasons for acquiring overseas territories (imperialism) at the turn of the century
  • How did the US acquire Hawaii?
  • The role of yellow journalism in the Spanish American War (1898)
  • Results of the Spanish American War
  • Different types of diplomacy and their goals: Big Stick (Roosevelt), Dollar (Taft) & Moral (Wilson)
  • Examples of each type of diplomacy
  • The trade situation in China & the US's Open Door policy

Ch. 15/19: World War I
  • Long-term causes of World War I (MAIN)
  • Direct cause of World War I
  • US isolationism, neutrality & intervention
  • Goals & controversy over the League of Nations
  • Communist revolution & the Red Scare